Depot

What it is for

Depot is a hosted build-and-Actions desk: you open a CI job graph, and Developer is $20 / month (2,000 sandbox minutes, 2,000 GitHub Actions minutes, 500 container-build minutes, 25 GB cache). Use it when the job is Docker / Actions minutes you start at $20, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Depot CI job graph (Build and deploy: Checkout 12s, Integration tests, Lint, Typecheck) from the changelog still — not a pricing card. The graph itself is ops of Depot CI. Depot bills minutes + GB, not seats (Developer is 1 user).

Key features

• Depot CI — a pipeline graph you run (job-graph still; docs). One job. Cover Checkout / tests / Lint / Typecheck and Package / Deploy are ops of this.
• Container builds — a depot build you cache (docs; pricing). A build, not a CI graph. Developer includes 500 minutes; extra $0.04 / minute.
• GitHub Actions runners — a hosted runs-on: worker (docs; pricing). A runner, not a container build. Developer 2,000 minutes; extra $0.006 / minute (base 2-vCPU Linux).
• Cache / registry — build cache + registry storage (pricing). A store, not a job. Developer 25 GB; extra $0.20 / GB / month. Fast CDN is $0.10 / GB.
• Sandboxes — isolated minutes shared across products (pricing sandbox minutes). A sandbox, not a runner. Developer 2,000 minutes; extra $0.00005 / second / vCPU.

CLI is install. SAML / SCIM prints on Startup as optional $500 / mo — a control-plane add-on, not a sixth desk. Sherlock chatbot on docs is generate.

Who it's for

Best fit: teams who will take the 7-day trial, then stay on Developer at $20 / month while they run a first job graph — and will jump to Startup at $200 / month when they need 20,000 Actions minutes.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from depot.dev/pricing. Tiles print Developer $20 / month and Startup $200 / month. Business is Custom.

• Developer — $20 / month. 2,000 sandbox minutes; 2,000 GitHub Actions minutes; 500 container-build minutes; 25 GB cache/registry; 1 user; 1,000,000 test results.
• Startup — $200 / month. 20,000 sandbox; 20,000 Actions; 5,000 container-build; 250 GB cache; SAML/SCIM optional $500 / mo.
• Overage — Actions $0.006 / min; container builds $0.04 / min; cache $0.20 / GB / month; Fast CDN $0.10 / GB; sandbox $0.00005 / sec / vCPU.
• Business — Custom. Do not invent a Business dollar.

7-day trial. Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location.

Limitations / costs

• Developer is 1 user and 500 container minutes. A busy monorepo usually wants Startup.
• $20 is not a chat seat. It is minutes + GB.
• A build desk, not a PaaS. For GitHub-hosted runner replacement only see Blacksmith. For self-host pipelines see Woodpecker.

Alternatives

• Blacksmith — Actions runners when you want $0.004 / min and no $20 tile.
• Dagger — CI-as-code when the pipeline should be portable SDK, not a Depot graph.
• Woodpecker — self-host CI when you want a $0 Apache log, not Depot minutes.

Official tutorial

Official Depot channel video: How Depot cuts Docker builds from 30 minutes to 16 seconds (oEmbed author: Depot). First-party build walkthrough; the changelog job-graph still is the cover.

Written path: depot.dev/pricing plus the job-graph still.

Website

https://depot.dev

Repository

https://github.com/depot

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Depot CI job graph from the changelog still. Dollars checked on depot.dev/pricing (Developer $20/mo; Startup $200/mo; Actions $0.006/min; builds $0.04/min; cache $0.20/GB/mo). Tutorial oEmbed author: Depot.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.